The Republic of Thumper is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 378 million Thumperians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 28.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Thumperian economy, worth 22.1 trillion rupees a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,531 rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Baby dolls thrown in the trash are a leading cause of panic attacks, arms manufacturing has been put at an arm's length, charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial, and many marriages go virtually unconsummated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thumper's national animal is the panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thumper is ranked 121,283^rd in the world and 45^th in Collections for Nicest Citizens, with 13.62 average smiles per day.